Post by desertmodeler on Aug 28, 2014 11:31:35 GMT -5
Not my usual kind of build but a colleague asked me to do something interesting with one of his Gundam kits. Challenge accepted.
The idea is to create a U.N. Peacekeeping robot from the not too distant future. The story is that the peace has been enforced a little too well and the robot now sits gathering rust, with no conflicts (or people) left for it to "peacekeep" over. A bit of Terminator in there somewhere.
The build was simple, it being basically a snap together kit. I've applied a sky green basecoat over a rust coloured primer base and then chipped back several layers of light sky and white topcoats using AK's worn effects and a variety of brushes and tools.
I'm just adding surface rust now using AK's rust washes and Mig pigments. A small base is planned, possibly with the robot sitting atop a rusted shell of an M48 or T-90 MBT. Not sure on the actual scale of these Gundam kits but I reckon 1:72nd tanks should do the trick.
It's all modelling eh?
The idea is to create a U.N. Peacekeeping robot from the not too distant future. The story is that the peace has been enforced a little too well and the robot now sits gathering rust, with no conflicts (or people) left for it to "peacekeep" over. A bit of Terminator in there somewhere.
The build was simple, it being basically a snap together kit. I've applied a sky green basecoat over a rust coloured primer base and then chipped back several layers of light sky and white topcoats using AK's worn effects and a variety of brushes and tools.
I'm just adding surface rust now using AK's rust washes and Mig pigments. A small base is planned, possibly with the robot sitting atop a rusted shell of an M48 or T-90 MBT. Not sure on the actual scale of these Gundam kits but I reckon 1:72nd tanks should do the trick.
It's all modelling eh?
